Elaine Nott has always lived in the shadow of her family's name-a name which carries both privilege and pain. She's determined to carve her path at Hogwarts, far from the manipulative control of her father.
But in her fifth year, everything changes. With her younger sister Dara joining the school and her brother Theo entangled in dangerous alliances, Elaine finds herself caught between protecting her siblings and defining her own identity. Amid the chaos, her world collides with Mattheo Riddle, a boy as infuriating as he is intriguing.
As tensions rise, Elaine must decide where her loyalties lie and whether the price of freedom is worth the heartbreak it might cost.
In a world where love and hatred blur, and fate and choice tangle beyond recognition, Elaine and those she holds dear find themselves intertwined in ways they never imagined.
This is a slow burn-ish. idrk. Trigger Warning: cursing, abuse (mentioned, not described), cheating, death
I do not own the rights to Harry Potter or the Wizarding World. The original characters and story belong to J.K. Rowling. Elaine Nott, Dara Nott, and Anne Nott/Burke are my original characters. Please credit me if these characters are used. Mattheo Riddle belongs to @yasmineamaro and Lorenzo Berkshire belongs to @babynaomi
Six rulers of Slytherin. One blood witch. A house full of secrets. And no one's getting out clean.
Serena Deveraux was never meant to return to Hogwarts.
Expelled for blood magic. Vanished for four years.
Now she's back at Hogwarts-with war on her heels and two boys who could ruin her.
One touches her like she's holy. The other like he wants to watch her burn.
And the worst part? She wants both.
Theo is the calm. The quiet. The safe. Mattheo is chaos. Fire. Everything she shouldn't want-but craves anyway.
Caught between prophecy, blood, and betrayal, Serena must choose who to trust-before she loses herself completely.
Because the girl they sent away? She's dead.
And what came back wants revenge.
Two boys. One war. And a witch made of something far more dangerous than magic.